Every Major Airline's Wifi Service, Explained and Ranked
You know that Louis C.K. joke about wifi on airplanes? He says, “It’s fast, and I’m watching YouTube clips. It’s…
This Cheap Little Circuit Could Double Data Speed on Your Next Phone
Wireless technology is already amazing. It's any data you could ever want through the air. But some exciting…
What's Actually Inside the Antennas of Google's Wild Internet Balloons
When Google first announced Project Loon, its plan to cover the world in a blanket of Wi-Fi using internet balloons,…
Tiny Satellite Antennas Are the Coolest Party Balloons You Never Had
There's a small army of adorable, little, (sometimes) phone-powered satellites out in space, circling the globe. And…
A Graphene Antenna Could Give Us Wireless Terabit Uploads in One Second
Wireless uploads of big files take for-ev-er. But researchers at Georgia Tech University have plans for an antenna made…
This Is the Secret of the Google Glasses Skydiving Demonstration
It seems that there are some people that still just don't get it, so here's a photo to illustrate it. This image shows…
Is Watching TV Over the Airwaves Making a Comeback?
Between cable, Boxee, and Hulu, there's never been more ways to watch your favorite TV shows. So why are so many people…
New Cell Tower Antennas Will Be Way Cuter (and Better)
Old cell towers are big, ugly, and inefficient. But the wireless wizards at Alcatel-Lucent say they've found a better…
Rumor: New iPhone 4 Antenna Design Coming Late September
An executive at a Mexican cellphone carrier Telcel claims that Apple has a revised iPhone 4 coming late September that…
The Price of Perfect Cell Service: A Collapsing Apartment Building
Good cell service is hard to come by, especially in NYC, but five bars won't do much good when you're DEAD. Some New…
More Apple Antenna Lab Spy Shots Surface
Seems there's more to that $100 million antenna testing lab than Steve Jobs let on the other day. Much more, and an ABC…
The Gear That Keeps London's Pirate Radio Hidden
Untraceable infrared links. Backpacks full of back-up transmitters. Cloak and dagger secrecy. Hundreds of pirate radio…
Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Empire Edition
In today's Remainders: Empires. Apple tends to theirs at their annual shareholders meeting; Verizon reinforces their…
Badass Mobile Datacenter Van for Itinerant Sysadmins
For sysadmins with an ache for the open road, these Ford E350 4x4 vans, complete with telescoping 35-foot mast, are…
Strechable, Flexible, Twistable Antennas
Traditional copper antennas are rigid yet delicate. And in the age when almost every gadget we use requires some sort…
Cell Boosters Will Get You Into Trouble — Or Maybe Not
The New York Times has some options to improve the sad situation of current cell carrier coverage in some areas of the…
How to Get Cell Signal Anywhere
At first glance I jumped with joy over this project. Living in Kansas usually means a pretty weak cell signal unless I…
Low End Theory
By Brendan I. Koerner